This week, doctoral candidate Daniel Romm presented his work on Street Space Allocation at McGill's 3rd Annual Sustainable Transportation Roundtable.

The Platial Analysis lab is involved in organizing two workshops at this year's Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe Annual Meeting (#AGILE2026). We would love to see you there!

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We are pleased to share that the reports from the Data-Driven Mobility Analytics (#DDMA2025) Workshops 2025 (both Montréal & Aalto) have now been published and are openly available on OSF.io
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We are pleased to share that the reports from the Data-Driven Mobility Analytics (#DDMA2025) Workshops 2025 (both Montréal & Aalto) have now been published and are openly available on OSF.io
platial.science/ddma-2025-mo...

Platial at SKI Conference 2026 Four members of the team attended the 9th Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference in Banff, AB...

Last week, four members of the Platial Analysis Lab participated in the 9th Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada Conference (SKI2026) in Banff, AB. Blog post and photos here: platial.science/platial-at-s...

Next Friday (Feb 13), three lab members will present their work as part of the Geographic Information Centre "Mini Conference." 10am-12pm ET in Burnside Hall 512.

Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference (SKI) Canada 2026 February 19-22, 2026 in Banff, AB | Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada brings together researchers GIScience, spatial data science, and related disciplines who live or work in Canada.

The program for the 9th Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference Canada (#SKI2026) is now online. Quite a variety of topics. See you in Banff, AB next month.

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Geography Lecture Series: Grant McKenzie Cities are dynamic systems, constantly shaped by the movement of people, goods, and ideas. In this talk, Grant explores these movements to better u...

Prof. McKenzie will be presenting, in-person, as part of the University of Victoria (BC) lecture series on Friday this week. Come by if you are in town. The talk is titled: The Pulse of a City: Understanding Access and Inclusion through Urban Mobility. Details below.
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Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference (SKI) Canada 2026 February 19-22, 2026 in Banff, AB | Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada brings together researchers GIScience, spatial data science, and related disciplines who live or work in Canada.

Early bird registration for the 9th Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference Canada (#SKI2026) ends on Friday. Register here: skiconference.ca/2026/

We are seeking 5-minute lightning talks for a Mobility Data Science session at the Canadian Association of Geographers meeting in Victoria, BC this summer. Anything mobility related! You can submit multiple abstracts, so why not give a short talk in our session as well as others. buff.ly/x1SCmU5

Measuring How Events Shift Micromobility Demand In our latest paper published in the Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis...

How do city events move e-scooters and e-bikes? Our new paper answers that with causal inference + millions of trips. platial.science/measuring-ho...

That is a wrap on the 6th Spatial Data Science Symposium #SDSS205. Thanks so much to the presenters, panellists , and participants. Great turn out this year. We look forward to seeing you all next year at #SDSS2026.

Spatial Knowledge and Information Conference (SKI) Canada 2026 February 19-22, 2026 in Banff, AB | Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada brings together researchers GIScience, spatial data science, and related disciplines who live or work in Canada.

Registration is now open for the 9th Conference on Spatial Knowledge and Information (SKI) Canada #SKI2026. skiconference.ca/2026/#regist...

Spatial Data Science Symposium 2025 December 4-5 | Distributed & Online. The symposium aims to bring together researchers from both academia and industry to discuss experiences, insights, methodologies, and applications, taking…

The 6th Spatial Data Science Symposium is this week! Thursday and Friday depending on your time zone. Registration is free but filling quickly. We have a wide range of sessions, panels, and talks this year. Check them out: sdss2025.spatial-data-science.net

Spatial Data Science Symposium 2025 December 4-5 | Distributed & Online. The symposium aims to bring together researchers from both academia and industry to discuss experiences, insights, methodologies, and applications, taking…

Registration is now open for the 6th Spatial Data Science Symposium (#SDSS2025)! Registration is free but space is limited, so register soon. Check out the list of thematic sessions, accepted papers, keynotes, and interview. sdss2025.spatial-data-science.net#register

Happy GIS Day 2025 #gisday

Shared Micromobility: Redefining suburban Transportation - Shared Micromobility Explore the concept of Shared Micromobility and how it is transforming urban transportation options. Shared Micromobility %

Nice to see this Shared Micromobility partnership come together. This is a project with colleagues from McGill, Toronto Metropolitan, Simon Fraser, and UAlberta exploring the use and impacts of shared micromobility services in a Canadian suburban context. platial.science/sem-can-buil...

The program for the 6th Spatial Data Science Symposium is now online. Registration will open soon. The symposium is Dec 4 & 5. Plan to check out the Thematic Sessions, Paper Sessions, Emerging Researchers Panel, Keynotes, and Interview. sdss2025.spatial-data-science.net/program.html

The program for the 6th Spatial Data Science Symposium is now online. Registration will open soon. The symposium is Dec 4 & 5. Plan to check out the Thematic Sessions, Paper Sessions, Emerging Researchers Panel, Keynotes, and Interview. sdss2025.spatial-data-science.net/program.html

1/3📍Sharing the report on the 2nd Geoprivacy Workshop for Personalized Health held @liser.lu (published on May 31) with @grantdmckenzie.bsky.social & 20+ international participants.

- Full report: osf.io/xrfk4/overview
- Workshop webpage: sites.google.com/view/ekgeog/...

On Tues, Nov 4, Prof. McKenzie will give a virtual presentation as part of the BEGIN seminar series hosted by the University of St. Andrews. The title is "Place, Privacy, and Mobility: Navigating the Intersection of Location Science and Human Dynamics." Register: tinyurl.com/begin-mckenzie

Findings from the City of Grand Rapids’ Shared Micromobility Free Fare Pilot Program - Mobilizing Justice The Free Fare Pilot Shared micromobility systems, such as bikeshare and scootershare, are increasingly important to cities’ transportation strategies, as they seek to move away from car dependence.…

In a new blog post published via the Mobilizing Justice Partnership, our team discusses the impact of Grand Rapids’ Free Fare Pilot Program, launched in partnership with Lime to expand access to shared micromobility for low-income residents. mobilizingjustice.ca/findings-fro...

Reflections on the 2nd Data-Driven Mobility Analytics Workshop On October 27, the lab hosted the second Data-Driven Mobility Analytics Workshop in Montreal...

Earlier this week we hosted the 2nd Data-Driven Mobility Analytics Workshop in Montreal. A day of spotlight talks, lightning talks, and dynamic discussion with participants from across North America and Europe. Read the full recap here: platial.science/reflections-...

Trust in foundation models and GenAI: A geographic perspective Large-scale pre-trained machine learning models have reshaped our understanding of artificial intelligence across numerous domains, including our own field of geography. As with any new technology,…

Excited to share that our chapter “Trust in Foundation Models and GenAI: A Geographic Perspective” will be featured in the upcoming book Geography According to ChatGPT.
While the book is in press, you can check out the full chapter on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2510.17942

A Scoping Review of Street Space Allocation Studies Daniel Romm and colleagues trace the evolution of street space allocation studies and highlight Montréal’s growing role in this emerging field...

Our new paper, “Measuring and Moving on the Street: A Scoping Review of Street Space Allocation Studies,” published in the International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, maps global efforts to measure and reimagine urban street allocation. platial.science/a-scoping-re...

Last week, @daniel-romm.bsky.social participated in the North American Bikeshare and Scootershare Association #NABSA Conference in Montréal. He presented our work exploring Grand Rapids Michigan's free fare #escooter pilot program.

Cosine capital: Large language models and the embedding of all things - Mikael Brunila, 2025 This article describes the emergence of a novel form of capital—which I call “cosine capital”—that finds objectified form in the “embedding” structures of large...

Congratulations to former lab member @mikaelbrunila.bsky.social on the recent publication of one of his dissertation chapters "Cosine Capital: Large language models and the embedding of all things." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

Some of our recent work on street space allocation was referenced in an @economist.com article this week, focused on the global rise (and controversy) of cycling. www.economist.com/internationa...

Data-Driven Mobility Analytics Workshops 2025 Montreal The Data-Driven Mobility Analytics Workshops 2025 aims to broaden the conversation on current analytical tools, frameworks, and open data that support informed decision-making in sustainable…

Just two more days to submit your Statement of Interest for the Data-Driven Mobility Analytics Workshop in Montreal later this month. Details and submissions accepted here: ptal-io.github.io/ddma2025-mon...

Data-Driven Mobility Analytics Workshops 2025 Montreal The Data-Driven Mobility Analytics Workshops 2025 aims to broaden the conversation on current analytical tools, frameworks, and open data that support informed decision-making in sustainable…

Want to help shape the future of sustainable mobility? On Oct 27, 2025 we are meeting at McGill for the Data-Driven Mobility Analytics Workshop. Submit your Statement of Interest now: ptal-io.github.io/ddma2025-mon...